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KUYT: THE HARD WORK STARTS NOW
Paul Hassall 29 December 2008

 

Dirk Kuyt was delighted to see Liverpool finish 2008 three points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League but admitted: "The hard work starts now."

 The Dutch striker played a key role as a lone striker in the Reds' 5-1 demolition of Newcastle United and felt it was the perfect way to cap an impressive festive period.
 
"It's great to be top at the end of the year," he told Liverpoolfc.tv. "But it's just the beginning for us. We need to step up every week and in every game and try to perform as well as that in the next match.
 
"I enjoyed playing up front again. Unfortunately I couldn't get my goal but I'd prefer to play in a team like this and win 5-1, than score every week somewhere else.
 
"I really enjoyed the game and it caps a good Christmas period in which we have picked up six very important points and scored eight goals along the way."
 
The Reds stormed into a two goal lead at St James' Park courtesy of efforts from
Steven Gerrard and Sami Hyypia - only to allow Newcastle back into it courtesy of David Edgar's header in first-half stoppage time.
 
Kuyt was disappointed to see the Magpies snatch a lifeline but felt the Reds stepped it up again in the second period and could have easily made it an even bigger margin of victory.
 
"It was a great result and we could have scored even more," he said. "We started the game really well.
 
"We missed a lot of chances at the beginning but after that Stevie scored a great goal from a nice assist from Yossi.
 
"After that we continued to play well, got another goal and were really unlucky to concede just before half-time. But I think we stepped it up again in the second-half and it was a well deserved result."
 
Kuyt also had words of praise for Liverpool skipper, Gerrard, who produced another man of the match display.
 
"Stevie was great, but he always is," he added.
 
"He scored two goals and got two assists. He is a great captain and showed once again how he likes to lead by example - it's not just this game that he does it, he does it every game. He's very important to us." 

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